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Date fields

This is particularly important for fields where the CSV template data type is “structured date group”.

Ensure that the date format(s) you are using are being parsed as expected.

If you have sent “03/04/96” through as Object production date, this initially looks fine:

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However, you should click on the calendar icon in the field to expand and examine the detailed date parsing:

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The importer was unable to parse the date at all, so this object would not come up in a search for objects with production date 1996.

If this date had parsed, you’d want to check whether it was interpreted as March 4 or April 3!